CERTAIN CRIMINALS with tattoos are more likely to suffer from anti-social personality disorder (ASPD), new research from the US has revealed. A study of forensic psychiatric patients in Michigan - half of whom were deemed unfit to stand trial and half of whom were found not guilty through insanity - revealed that 73% of the survey group that were tattooed also exhibited strong signs of ASPD. Sufferers of the disorder are characterised by a lack of empathy and shallowness and are prone to pathological lying, cheating, stealing, physical aggression and drug abuse. The research also revealed that the inmates who had tattoos were more likely to have suffered sexual abuse, abused substances or attempted suicide. Dr William Cardasis, of the Michigan Centre For Forensic Psychiatry, conducted the research. He said: "Our findings...
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